Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	4.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	121% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '21 at 23:13
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 268 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 764 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.94% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 9.4 Parallax 8.6 6% 8.47 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 0.1 3% 3.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.94% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 302 285 304 278 317 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 438 Mixed 365 SusWrite 313 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 64.7 217% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 122%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 71GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 237 227 208 209 233 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 393 Write 249 Mixed 261 SusWrite 224 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 14.5 105% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 23.4 44% 89 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 975GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 147 147 149 142 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 97.4 Write 62.1 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 147 68% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 186 187 187 175 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 145 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 183 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.6% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 15.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 18.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,190x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	746x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	652x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	447x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	210x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	186x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,081

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16